'Delcon' Apple Released from the
Missouri State
Fruit Experiment Station
(A-1286)
('Conard' X 'Delicious')
The
'Delcon' was obtained from a cross made in 1916. The
tree is dwarf to semidwarf and has drooping branches. The fruit has high
quality; is fine grained, juicy and possesses some of the flavor of both 'Delicious' and
'Jonathan'. Many like it better than either when eaten raw.
The tree produces heavy crops at an early age and often needs thinning.
The bloom is particularly fertile, appearing o make fruit wherever a
blossom appears. It bears both on spurs and terminally. The fruit ripens
about ten days before 'Delicious'; keeps well in storage. It is light to
dark red with a yellow under color, medium sized when unthinned, shaped
somewhat like the sheep-nosed 'Chenango'. It is elongated, conical, much
like 'Delicious' without the knobs. A high quality apple recommended for
close planting and home orchards. Introduced 1948.
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